Double Threat for Women: Breast Cancer and Heart Disease

Researchers in Toronto now believe that women who carry genetic mutations that put them at a higher risk of breast cancer may also face a higher risk of heart failure.

This news comes after tests on mice showed those with a specific mutated gene (linked to breast cancer) were more likely to die as a result of a heart attack, than those who didn’t have the gene.

Women who have had breast cancer should use this information as a wakeup call to start controlling environmental risk factors for heart disease (eg. Obesity and smoking).

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